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Date: June 07, 2006
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Virginia State Parks celebrate 70 years of fun with special snack bar prices
RICHMOND – Virginia State Parks celebrates its 70thanniversary June 15-18, 2006, by rolling back the admission fee to 1936 rates;visitors will be charged 10 cents each, all weekend long.
All parks will also give away free birthday cake Saturday, June 17, from1-3 p.m. Individual parks will offer special programs and activities reflectingtheir unique characters.
As a special treat for guests, parks with snack bars will sell a hotdogand drink combo for only 70 cents during the anniversary weekend. Snack barsat the following parks will offer the special price: Bear Creek Lake, ChippokesPlantation, Claytor Lake, Douthat, Fairy Stone, Holliday Lake, Hungry Mother,Lake Anna, Natural Tunnel, Pocahontas, Smith Mountain Lake, Staunton River,Twin Lakes and Westmoreland state parks.
On June 15, 1936, Virginia simultaneously opened six state parks: Douthat,Westmoreland, Hungry Mother, Fairy Stone, Staunton River and Seashore, nowFirst Landing. The parks had a general admission fee of 10 cents for peopleover 10. Children under 10 were admitted free.
Virginia was the first state to open an entire park system on the same day.The new parks offered modern outdoor recreational facilities while protectingareas with significant natural resources.
The award-winning Virginia State Parks are operated by the Virginia Departmentof Conservation and Recreation.
For more information about Virginia State Parks or to make reservationsin one of the more than 1,600 campsites or 200 cabins, call the VirginiaState Parks Reservation Center at 1-800-933-PARK or visit www.dcr.virginia.gov.
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